Curated by Sam Velde and Greg Anderson.
The Power Of The Riff Festival will reportedly take place at the Echo and Echoplex in Los Angeles, CA on Sunday, August 8th. Organizers state that the event “honors fans and musicians of heavy music of all ages.” Bands slated to perform include:

The festival will apparently be an all day, all ages, free music event, including a record swap meet of local stores such as Vacation Vinyl and Origami Vinyl, in addition to pop-up stores from Tee Pee Records, Southern Lord Recordings and others. Further details and ticket information have yet to be disclosed.

*the fest will be at these places too but not free.
8/10/2010 DNA Lounge - San Francisco, CA
8/12/2010 o's - Seattle, WA